Vehicle 51091
Class 119
Builder: GRC&W
Layout: Cross Country
Length: 64ft
Coupling Code: Blue Square
Coupling Type: Screw
Gangway Type: BR Standard
Engines: AEC 150hp
Transmission: Mechanical
Lot Number: 30422
Diagram: 541
Allocations
| 4w/e 24/02/59 | New to | 82B (Bristol Marsh Junction) | |
| circa Jun-64 | Transferred to | 82A (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 06/05/73 | Depot code change | BR | |
| w/e 07/06/75 | Transferred to | LA (Laira) | |
| 3w/e 07/05/77 | Transferred to | BR (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 4w/e 26/05/79 | Transferred to | RG (Reading) | |
| 15/05/83 | Transferred to | BR (Bristol Bath Road) | |
| 11/05/86 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 10/05/87 | Transferred to | LE (Swansea Landore) | |
| Jan-88 | Transferred to | CF (Cardiff Canton) | |
| 03/11/88 | Withdrawn from | CF (Cardiff Canton) |
Notes
19/12/88 - withdrawn vehicles 51063/9/91/7, 51302/17, 59039, 59422/69/79 (for Snailwell) and 59030/6, 59363, 59474 (for V Berry) departed Canton leaving 51322 as the only condemned vehicle there
Modifications
03/07/73 - Dual AWS fitted
p/e 24/07/76 - Leyland engines fitted
p/e 25/06/77 - WR AWS removed
p/e 20/06/86 - Headlamp fitted
Disposal
Scrapped by Mayer Newman, Snailwell
Some sample formations the vehicle has been noted in:
| 51063 | 59422 | 51091 | As delivered to 82B - 4w/e 24/02/59 | ||||||
| 51063 | 59422 | 51091 | Noted 31/12/68 - at Cardiff1 | ||||||
| 51063 | 59422 | 51091 | Noted 01/04/69 - in Birmingham New Street1 | ||||||
| 51063 | 59422 | 51091 | Noted 21/08/1971 - at Newport2 | ||||||
| 51063 | 59422 | 51091 | Noted 24/08/1971 - at Bristol2 | ||||||
| 51063 | 59422 | 51091 | Noted 20/11/71 - in Bristol Temple Meads1 | ||||||
| 51063 | 59422 | 51091 | Noted 02/07/1973 - at Swindon Works2 | ||||||
| 51063 | 59422 | 51091 | Noted 13/08/1973 - at Hereford3 | ||||||
| B577 | 51063 | 59422 | 51091 | Noted 06/09/73 - at Severn Tunnel Junction4 | |||||
| B577 | 51063 | 59422 | 51091 | Noted 20/07/74 - on 2V70 1745 Weymouth-Cardiff | |||||
| B577 | 51063 | 59422 | 51091 | Noted 07/10/74 - on 2C46 1600 Weymouth-Cardiff with B555 | |||||
| 51063 | 59422 | 51091 | Transfer to LA - w/e 07/06/75 | ||||||
| P577 | 51063 | 59422 | 51091 | Noted 27/08/75 - on Laira depot4 | |||||
| P577 | 51063 | 59422 | 51091 | Listed at LA - 01/05/1976 | |||||
| P577 | 51063 | 59422 | 51091 | Noted 27/06/1976 - Branch Line Society Cornish Clay Railtour | |||||
| P577 | 51063 | 59422 | 51091 | Noted 07/09/76 - at Truro4 | |||||
| 51063 | 59422 | 51091 | Transfer to BR - 3w/e 07/05/77 | ||||||
| P577 | 51063 | 59422 | 51091 | Noted 09/11/1977 - Noted carrying LA stickers at Cardiff Central5 | |||||
| B577 | 51063 | 59422 | 51091 | Noted 15/12/1977 - Cardiff Central5 | |||||
| B577 | 51063 | 59422 | 51091 | Noted 19/12/1977 - Cardiff Central5 | |||||
| B577 | 51063 | 59422 | 51091 | Listed at BR - 31st December 1977 | |||||
| B577 | 51063 | 59422 | 51091 | Noted 23/06/78 - on 2C19 1830 Cardiff-Hereford | |||||
| B577 | 51063 | 59422 | 51091 | Noted 20/07/78 - on 2B60 1755 Cardiff-Bristol TM | |||||
| B577 | 51063 | 59422 | 51091 | Noted 20/07/1978 - Cardiff Central5 | |||||
| B577 | 51063 | 59422 | 51091 | Noted 18/08/78 - on 2C19 1830 Cardiff-Hereford | |||||
| 577 | 51063 | 59422 | 51091 | Transfer to RG - 4w/e 26/05/79 - from BR | |||||
| L577 | 51063 | 59422 | 51091 | Listed at RG - 03/03/80 | |||||
| 51361 | 59480 | 51091 | Noted circa 04/19826 | ||||||
| L577 | 51063 | 59422 | 51091 | Listed at RG - 15/12/1982 | |||||
| B577 | 51063 | 59422 | 51091 | Transfer to BR - 15/05/83 - Now B prefix | |||||
| B577 | 51063 | 59422 | 51091 | Noted circa 07/19836 | |||||
| B577 | 51063 | 59422 | 51091 | Listed at BR - 01/01/85 | |||||
| B577 | 51063 | 59422 | 51091 | Noted circa 11/19856 | |||||
| B577 | 51063 | 59422 | 51091 | Noted 05/02/19866 | |||||
| C577 | 51063 | 59422 | 51091 | Noted 05/04/1986 - Monmouthshire Railway Society The Risca Cuckoo Railtour C306+C577+L416 | |||||
| C577 | 51063 | 59422 | 51091 | Transfer to CF - 11/05/86 - from BR, was B577. Should the date be earlier since it seems to have been C577 when operating the Risca Cuckoo Railtour in early April? | |||||
| C577 | 51063 | 59422 | 51091 | Noted circa 06/19866 | |||||
| C577 | 51063 | 59422 | 51091 | Listed at Cardiff (Canton) - Summer 1986 | |||||
| S577 | 51063 | 51091 | Formation change - LE - Jun-87 - Now a two-car, 59422 has been temporarily kept at CF as a spare for C815. | ||||||
| C577 | 51063 | 51091 | Noted circa 07/19876 | ||||||
| S577 | 51063 | 59422 | 51091 | Listed at LE - Aug-87 | |||||
| C577 | 51063 | 59422 | 51091 | New set number at CF - w/e 07/02/88 | |||||
| C577 | 51063 | 59422 | 51091 | Noted 10/05/88 - dragged by 37159 on 2V66 1458 Weymouth-Cardiff | |||||
| C577 | 51307 | 59422 | 51091 | Formation change - CF - circa 19/07/88 - 51307 replaced withdrawn 51063 | |||||
| C577 | 51307 | 59422 | 51091 | Noted 23/07/88 - dragged by 47624 on 2V85 1535 Weymouth-Cardiff | |||||
| C577 | 51307 | 59422 | 51091 | Noted circa Jul-88 |
Formation Sources
1: Leonard Rogers
2: Jeremy Goodyear
3: Peter Wallwork
4: Gerald Brown
5: Shayne Lewis
6: Eddie Knorn
Images:
11th November 1972
Set number: B577
GRC&W Cross-Country DMU set B577 (51091 and presumably 59422 + 51063) seen at Neath with the 10:20 Swansea - Cardiff General service on 11 November 1972. Robert Thomas.
summer 1973
Set number: B577
Old Instamatic slides taken probably in summer 1973 at Westbury. This was during the period when the Portsmouth-Bristol trains had been strengthened to six coaches, resulting in WR dmus being drafted in to supplement the Hampshire demus. Closest is Class 119 set B577, presumably 51091 + 59422 + 51063. We were on a Southern Rover and had come out from Salisbury on the dmu to catch the Summer Saturdays only Cardiff-Weymouth which at that time was the only train booked via Chandlers Ford and formed of a Class 47 and Mk 1s. Tony Watson.
17th August 1976
Set number: P577
The 18.55 arrival from Newquay is seen at Par on 17 August 1976. Formed of a GRC&W Cross-Country set, the closest vehicle with one oval and one 'cut' buffer is presumably 51091. Tom Burnham.
The vehicle is mentioned in the following images:
Date: 20th March 1968
Two dmus at Lydney on 20.03.1968. The one in the up platform (left) is a 120, on the right is a 119 with the closest vehicle thought to be W51091 with an oval and cut buffer arrangement - unusual for the type. Jeff Stone.
Date: unknown
Set number: B577
Class 119 set B577 (presumably 51063 + 59422 + 51091) heads out of Worcester Foregate Street in the late 1960s / early 1970s. Whilst most DMUs went from green livery to blue livery from the late 1960s, Cross-Country (Classes 119 and 120) and Inter-City (Classes 123 and 126) types (including Trans-Pennine Class 124) generally went straight into blue & grey livery, thus they carried this livery with many original fitting such as headcodes (which were normally removed later). Going against the trend, some Scottish region Class 120 and 126 units carried blue livery, whilst some Western region Class 101 units that were deployed on Cross-Country services went straight from green livery to blue & grey, long before the livery became standard for the class. Graeme Phillips Collection.
Date: autumn 1972
Set number: B577
Class 119 DMU set B577, presumably 51063 + 59422 + 51091, at Bradford-on-Avon. The slide process date was January 1973 but the trees suggest this was summer/early autumn of the previous year. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 8th December 1973
Set number: B577
Oval-buffered W51063 at the front of set B577 (presumably with 59422 + 51091) seen in Bridgend with the 10:20 (SO) Swansea-Cardiff Central on 8 December 1973. Robert Thomas.
Date: February 1974
Set number: B577
Class 119 B577 (presumably 51063 + 59422 + 51091) is caught working the 08:08 Bristol - Weymouth at Clink Road Jct. one February morning in 1974. Adrian Vaughan.
Date: 27th June 1976
Set number: P577
The Branch Line Society Cornish Clay railtour at Drinnick Mill, Nanpean Siding, on 27 June 1976. It was formed of Class 119 DMU set P577, presumably 51063 + 59422 + 51091. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: 1981
Set number: L577
Class 119 DMU set L577 (presumably 51063 + 59422 + 51091) is being prepared at Tonbridge for a departure to Reading sometime in 1981. Image taken by John Vaughan. Stuart Mackay Collection.
Date: June 1982
Set number: L577
At this time a strike meant that the few trains running on the Brighton Line were a bit of a mixed bag. This is seen as a 6-car Brighton to London Bridge train leaves Redhill in June 1982 with class 119 car 51063 on set L577 (presumably with 59422 + 51091). Ian Buck.
Date: 1st April 1984
Set number: L577
Occasionally the Reading Gatwick service was diverted via the West London and Brighton Main Line owing to trackworks. On 1st April 1984 Class 119 set L577 with car 51063 leading (presumably with 59422 + 51091) passes Coulsdon North. Ian Buck.
Date: 7th June 1986
Set number: C577
Class 119 Cardiff Canton DMU set C577 (presumably 51063 + 59422 + 51091), heads north out of Hereford and past the goods yard on Saturday 7th June 1986. Paul James.
Date: 11th July 1986
Set number: P577
A Class 119 on a Falmouth to Truro service waits to depart from the thankfully reinstated Docks station on 11/7/86. WR set 577 should be 51063 + 59422 + 51091, yet the vehicles were allocated to CF at the time, and had not been Plymouth vehicles since 1977. Stephen Burdett.
Date: unknown
Set number: C577
A 2-car 119 set (C577 presumably 51091 + 51063) and a Met-Camm enters Cynghordy. Date unknown. Tom Clift.